We need to give students these lessons earlier so that, when they go to college, it’s not the first time they’re hearing it.
Lynette Medley is the founder and CEO of No More Secrets MBS, a nonprofit organization through which she has opened up the nation’s first menstrual hub and uterine wellness center.
In a sea of leftist groups often challenged by toxic masculinity, activist working-class women created their own space in New York.
It’s not often you hear the word “vampiric” coming out of a U.N. secretary-general’s mouth. But on Wednesday, Secretary-General António Guterres said at the U.N. Water Conference in New York that countries “are draining humanity’s lifeblood through vampiric overconsumption and unsustainable use” of water. Lengthy droughts are also wreaking havoc.
“The Postcard Women’s Imaginarium” is a project that uses women's artwork to offer an alternative narrative to colonial-era postcards that framed MENA women as “exotic.”
Italian politics are at a fork in the road with women leading the way on either side.
In February, Spain’s parliament passed a series of laws that brought many improvements to women’s and transgender people’s lives.
As countries continue to innovate ways to battle climate change, there is a new, related “slimy arms race” afoot. (Credit to The New York Times for the “slimy arms race” phrasing.) It seems that seaweed, in all its slippery glory, is a multifaceted, under-tapped, and potentially powerful weapon that can be used a number of ways in the ongoing fight to slow or stop global warming.
Online trolling, harassment, and hate campaigns targeting female journalists persist all over the world.
Currently, 18 states ban trans girls from participating in girls’ sports. Often framed as offering “fairness” or “protection,” these insidious laws actually harm all women.
When this day eventually advances to December 31st of the previous year, we will know that the barriers for women to advance in their careers have been mostly removed, disparities have been reduced, and parity in pay has finally been achieved.
Khambampati Rama Devi mixes cow dung, cow urine, soil, and jaggery, creating a mixture called jeevamrutam. She then sprays the brown concoction on her cotton crop.
When we discount the role of women speakers in U.S. history, we lose out on the diverse mix of voices and views that got us to this point — and we miss out on the knowledge of an inspirational past.
Since the Taliban seized control of Kabul in August 2021, the rights and freedoms of Afghans have been violated.
In October, the United Nations Committee Against Torture issued a final decision in Elizabeth Coppin v. Ireland that once again dashed hopes of justice for survivors of one of Ireland’s worst regimes of torture and abuse.
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